Texas Hospital Denies Nurses’ Allegations on First Ebola Case

Nurses are the front line of the U.S.'s Ebola response. AFT Nurses and Health Professionals's Candice Owley discusses how nurses unions are voicing their concerns on preparedness. Photo: AP

By

Miguel Bustillo And

Dan Frosch

Updated Oct. 16, 2014 2:58 p.m. ET

DALLAS—The Texas hospital under fire for its treatment of an Ebola patient rebutted claims on Thursday that it exposed health-care workers to peril, saying that its safety advice to nurses kept shifting because the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention kept changing its guidelines.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas challenged assertions made by the National Nurses United union on behalf of what it said were an unnamed number of nurses at the facility who described an atmosphere of sloppiness and chaos that...